Ariel Castro Suicides in PrisonThe news that broke earlier this week was stunning to say the least. Ariel Castro the Cleveland kidnapper of Michelle Knight, Georgina DeJesus, and Amanda Berry took his life in prison.

Child Abductor Eugene Parnell Dies The world is a bit safer today. Kenneth Eugene Parnell is dead at age 76. He died from natural causes, at the State of California Correctional Facility Officials in Vacaville California Medical Facility. He is perhaps one of California´s most brazen child kidnappers and molesters.

Child Predator Arraignment Held in High SchoolRecently at the Shadyside High School, an arrangement was held involving a man accused of molesting multiple children. In reality this is probably a wonderful learning experience for many teens to see in person how things work in the land of the law. Yet, I question the impact this had on students.

Child Predators & the FBI's Most Wanted ListThese two men are on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for hurting children. Do you know either Eric Justin Toth or Alexis Flores? The FBI is offering a reward for their arrest.

Convicted Child Molester Becomes Ordained MinisterMark Hourigan has officially been ordained as a minister for a local church in Louisville, Kentucky. How does a man who is required to register as a lifetime sex offender become ordained as a church as a minister?

David J. Stevens Arrested Child RescuedA young child is safe and a child predator has been found and arrested this week in Salinas California. Learn more about how the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Salinas PD, and a public informer worked together to solve this case.

Death Penalty For Killer of Pregnant MomShe is famous in a sick way, Lisa Montgomery, is now only the third woman on death row. Her sentence for the death penalty was given, after the jury found her guilty of the December 16, 2004 murder of Bobbi Jo Stinnett, and the kidnapping or her unborn baby in Skidmore Missouri.

Donald Albert Knaust II Arrested AgainIn Saint Charles County Missouri 17-year-old Donald Albert Knaust was arrested a second time for additional charges involving the molestation of children under 14 years of age. If you know Knaust or believe your children may have had contact with him please contact the O'Fallon Police Department.

Dr. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-EbingPedophilia was first used by an Austro-German psychiatrist Dr. Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing. Some believe pedophilia is a mental illness. Read this article to learn more about the history of pedophilia.

FBI´s Recently Televised Sexual Predators[offsite link]The following men are the FBI´a accused sexual predators and all were recently televised on Oprah Winfrey if you recognize any of these predators, please call your local FBI or local law enforcement to report there location.

GPS Monitoring of OffendersGlobal Positioning System also known as GPS which uses satellite technology to locate you when you use a GPS in your car to navigate around town is also used to monitor sex offender. Sounds high tech right? Wrong. GPS may provide only a false sense of security.

Grooming Behaviors of PredatorsOnce again, a pedophile uses a God syndrome, in order to place blame on the innocent young girl’s he has violated. The ultimate atrocity is when an adult uses God to gain compliance for sexually abusing a young child.

Halloween Safety for KidsDo you know where offenders live in your neighborhood? Check out the national registry and know before you go out on Halloween which houses to avoid.

He Was Nice To My KidsThe mother of a teenage girl recently molested by a neighbor spoke these words, he was nice to my kids, he´d take her to the library, I thought that was all that was going on. A person who is interested in hanging around a child that is not his should send up many red flags for the parent.

Herman Arthur Carroll Wanted Sex Offender He is a registered sex offender who has failed to register in over a decade, his last known address in Illinois. Help authorities find Herman Arthur Carroll Senior and put him behind bars. He is believed to be living in the Springfield Missouri area. Do you know where this predator is hiding?

Husband Abuses Children in Wife´s Home DaycareA Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s detective questioned William Huck. In a shocking and unexpected move, Huck waived his right to an attorney and confessed to twelve sexual meetings with the boy. Huck told police he may have abused in the upwards of forty children over the last thirty years.

Jerry Sandusky Convicted Sex OffenderHow does Jerry Sandusky an assistant football coach at Penn State University manage to abuse at least 10 boys over a 15-year period? Find out how children are groomed before they are abused.

Joseph Kondro Child Serial KillerKondro does what most every child predator does, plays on the trust of those he knows, his friends. The girls Kondro killed were the children of people he considered friends. How well do you know your friends?

Man Spend Hours and Days In JC Penny´s Boys Dressing RoomA man in his mid forties uses the boys fitting rooms in a JC Penny’s Store for hours on end, day after day, week after week and no one questions this behavior. Clearly, the store clerks and store managers are aware that a man has been visiting the boy’s dressing room repeatedly.

Miss America Helps Police Nab Child PredatorsMiss America Laura Nelson is a beautiful twenty-year-old woman who can pass for a teenager, and she is doing just that to help the Suffolk County Police Department seize sex offenders. This beauty queen posed online as a 14-year-old girl, helping Police arrest eleven alleged sexual predators.

Pedophilia - a Paraphilia an Abnormal AttractionPedophilia coined in 1886, by a German psychiatrist Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing comes from the Greek words, “pais” meaning child, and “philia” meaning friendship or love. Pedophilia is an abnormal attraction, a paraphilia, or someone sexually excited by a child.

Registered Offenders Missing in ActionAccording to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, there are 664,731 registered sex offenders in the United States, and 100,000 missing.

Richard Steve Goldberg Captured - FBI´s Top Ten FugitiveToday, thanks to the hard work of one Canadian citizen children in our world are safer. One person smelled a rat, and helped get Richard Steve Goldberg one of the FBI´s Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and a bad Child Molesters off the street!

Sam Shelton Confession Tape Released by JudgeToday Saint Clair County, Illinois, Judge Milton Wharton released the taped police confession of a twenty-six year old teacher who had a relationship with a seventeen- year old student. The teacher, Samson R. Shelton, will go on trial later this year for the attempted murder of Ashley Reeves.

Sherman Burkett - Missouri´s Youngest Adult Inmate He was 13, she was six, and they were neighbors in the Saint Louis County Neighborhood the lived in. Something happened November 11, 2005 that changed both their lives forever. That night Sherman Burkett kidnapped his six-year-old neighbor from in front of her home.

The Dru Sjodin StoryDru’s Law, a law that requires convicted sex offender to register on the national Internet database, and failing to register may mean a return to prison.

The FBI's Endangered Child Alert ProgramThe FBI's Endangered Child Alert Program uses images found on the internet to try and identify unknown men who may have information or may be exploiting a child online. Please see if you can identify any of the FBI's John Does. You may save a child's life.

To Catch a PredatorWatch Dateline's To Catch a Predator series to know what lurks in cyberspace and learn how to protect your children from sexual predators.

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